Ash-sifter.



No. 7l2,0l8. Patented Oct. 28, I902.

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(Application'flled Nov. 16, 1001.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ISAIAH H. TAYLOR, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO FLORENCE PATENT OFFICE.

E. TAYLOR, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ASH-SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,018, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed November 16, 1901- Serial No. 82,505. (No-model.)

The object of the invention is to provide a device for sifting ashes in the house or other place, if desired, and which will retain therein the dust arising from the ashes when the latter are being sifted.

The details of construction of the invention will be hereinafter more fully described, and

what I regard as new will be defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, partly broken away and showing the parts in section; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view with the cover removed.

Similar numerals refer to like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a cylindrical metal receptacle for the reception of the refuse of the ashes after they-are sifted. This receptacle 1 is provided with two grips or handles 2, by means of which it can be lifted or carried from place to place. The receptacle 3 is also cylindrical and is slightly smaller in circumference than the receptacle tom of the receptacle 3 is provided with a plurality of perforations 5 of any desired size, through which the smaller particles of the ashes fall when the latter are being sifted. The receptacle 3 is also provided with grips or handles 6, by means of which it may be lifted out of the receptacle 1.

A cover 7 is provided for the receptacle 3 to prevent the dust from escaping when the ashes are being sifted. This cover 7 is provided with a grip or handle 8, by means of which it may be lifted from the receptacle 3.

It will be seen that as the receptacle 3 extends down into and rests upon the receptacle small particles of the ashes falling into the receptacle 1 and the coals or larger particles remaining in the receptacle 3.

Instead of having the upper end of the receptacle 3 extend outwardly and downwardly it may simply be extended outwardly at right angles to the body of the said receptacle sufficiently to rest upon the upper end of the receptacle 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In an ash-sitter, the combination of the lower receptacle having handles on opposite sides thereof; the upper receptacle suspended within the lower receptacle, having its bottom perforated and its upper edge flanged to form a groove by means of which the upper receptacle is suspended within the lower receptacle; grips secured to the downwardlyprojecting'edge of the said flange of the upper receptacle; and a cover having its outer edge grooved to fit over the upper rounded edge of the upper receptacle, thereby forming a dust-proof joint, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my'signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAIAH H. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

Y CHAPIN A. FERGUSON,

T. LEONARD BEAN. 

